“Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.”
― Alphonse de Lamartine

“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.”
― Frank Zappa

“Next to music, beer was best.”
― Carson McCullers, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“The only truth is music.”
― Jack Kerouac

“I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me.”
― Lady Gaga

“I still don't belong to anyone - I am mine.”
― Morrissey

“There are two means of refuge from the misery of life — music and cats.”
― Albert Schweitzer